Triumph for Zara Phillips's husband at Chepstow

A HORSE partly owned by Zara Phillips’s husband Mike Tindall has won the Coral Welsh National.

Ten-to-one outsider Monbeg Dude pipped the competition to the post at Chepstow yesterday, where jockey Paul Carberry edged out the favourite in a sprint finish. The win by the eight-year-old gelding netted its owners £51,000.

Ten-to-one outsider Monbeg Dude pipped the competition to the post at Chepstow yesterday

Rugby star Tindall, 35, has become a racing aficionado since meeting Zara, who won a silver medal in team eventing at the London Olympics.

He bought the horse with fellow England international James Simpson-Daniel and Wasps’ Wales fly-half Nicky Robinson for a rumoured £12,000.